diff --git a/config/defaults.js b/config/defaults.js
index 2d811c60..118e4a4c 100644
--- a/config/defaults.js
+++ b/config/defaults.js
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ const defaults = {
   default_sync_mode: 'cleanseek',
 
   slplayer_plex_timeline_update_interval: 10000,
-  slplayer_controls_visible_checker_interval: 500,
+  slplayer_controls_visible_checker_interval: 250,
 
   // Controlls the max time difference cutoff for syncing by changing the playback speed
   slplayer_speed_sync_max_diff: 10000,
diff --git a/src/player/index.js b/src/player/index.js
index 22e2e4d9..595a1094 100644
--- a/src/player/index.js
+++ b/src/player/index.js
@@ -25,11 +25,6 @@ export const setVolume = (volume) => {
 export const play = () => getPlayer().getMediaElement().play();
 export const pause = () => getPlayer().getMediaElement().pause();
 
-// eslint-disable-next-line no-underscore-dangle
-export const areControlsShown = () => getOverlay().getControls().enabled_
-    && (getOverlay().getControls().getControlsContainer().getAttribute('shown') != null
-    || getOverlay().getControls().getControlsContainer().getAttribute('casting') != null);
-
 export const isTimeInBufferedRange = (timeMs) => {
   const bufferedTimeRange = getPlayer().getMediaElement().buffered;
 
diff --git a/src/player/state.js b/src/player/state.js
index 8ad531b6..feaeab3f 100644
--- a/src/player/state.js
+++ b/src/player/state.js
@@ -20,6 +20,15 @@ export const setOverlay = (newOverlay) => {
   overlay = newOverlay;
 };
 
+// eslint-disable-next-line no-underscore-dangle
+export const areControlsShown = () => !getOverlay() || (getOverlay()?.getControls().enabled_
+    && (getOverlay()?.getControls().getControlsContainer().getAttribute('shown') != null
+    || getOverlay()?.getControls().getControlsContainer().getAttribute('casting') != null));
+
+export const getControlsOffset = (fallbackHeight) => (areControlsShown()
+  ? (getPlayer()?.getMediaElement().offsetHeight || fallbackHeight) * 0.025 + 48 || 0
+  : 0);
+
 /**
  * Resize the subtitles to the dimensions of the video element.
  *
@@ -31,15 +40,18 @@ export const resizeSubtitleContainer = () => {
     return;
   }
 
+  const bottomOffset = getControlsOffset();
+  console.debug('resizeSubtitleContainer', bottomOffset);
+
   const {
     videoWidth, videoHeight, offsetWidth, offsetHeight,
   } = getPlayer().getMediaElement();
 
-  const ratio = Math.min(offsetWidth / videoWidth, offsetHeight / videoHeight);
+  const ratio = Math.min(offsetWidth / videoWidth, (offsetHeight - bottomOffset) / videoHeight);
   const subsWrapperWidth = videoWidth * ratio;
   const subsWrapperHeight = videoHeight * ratio;
   const subsWrapperLeft = (offsetWidth - subsWrapperWidth) / 2;
-  const subsWrapperTop = (offsetHeight - subsWrapperHeight) / 2;
+  const subsWrapperTop = ((offsetHeight - bottomOffset) - subsWrapperHeight) / 2;
 
   subtitleRenderer.resize(subsWrapperWidth, subsWrapperHeight, subsWrapperLeft, subsWrapperTop);
 };
@@ -94,6 +106,18 @@ const initRenderer = async (ass) => {
   resizeSubtitleContainer();
 };
 
+const handleStreamError = async (assPromise) => {
+  try {
+    await assPromise;
+  } catch (e) {
+    if (assAbortController) {
+      // If there is no abort controller, we have just aborted
+      // If there is one, then something went wrong
+      throw e;
+    }
+  }
+};
+
 const makeAss = async (url) => {
   console.debug('makeAss');
   const libjass = await import('libjass');
@@ -101,6 +125,9 @@ const makeAss = async (url) => {
   const stream = resiliantStreamFactory(url, assAbortController.signal);
 
   const parser = new libjass.parser.StreamParser(stream);
+  // Purposefully not awaited because we never get the full file at once
+  // We still need to catch abort errors to clean up console
+  handleStreamError(parser.ass);
   return parser.minimalASS;
 };
 
@@ -130,8 +157,9 @@ export const setSubtitleUrl = async (url) => {
     const ass = await makeAss(url);
 
     if (subtitleRenderer) {
-    // eslint-disable-next-line no-underscore-dangle
+      // eslint-disable-next-line no-underscore-dangle
       subtitleRenderer._ass = ass;
+      resizeSubtitleContainer();
     } else {
       await initRenderer(ass);
     }
diff --git a/src/store/modules/plexclients/getters.js b/src/store/modules/plexclients/getters.js
index 93e25529..f90daf3e 100644
--- a/src/store/modules/plexclients/getters.js
+++ b/src/store/modules/plexclients/getters.js
@@ -79,4 +79,10 @@ export default {
     : false),
 
   GET_LAST_PLAY_MEDIA_COMMAND_ID: (state) => state.lastPlayMediaCommandId,
+
+  GET_ACTIVE_MEDIA_METADATA_MARKERS: (state, getters) => getters
+    .GET_ACTIVE_MEDIA_METADATA?.Marker || [],
+
+  GET_ACTIVE_MEDIA_METADATA_INTRO_MARKER: (state, getters) => getters
+    .GET_ACTIVE_MEDIA_METADATA_MARKERS.find((marker) => marker.type === 'intro'),
 };
diff --git a/src/store/modules/plexservers/actions.js b/src/store/modules/plexservers/actions.js
index 168d4d3c..945044fe 100644
--- a/src/store/modules/plexservers/actions.js
+++ b/src/store/modules/plexservers/actions.js
@@ -89,7 +89,10 @@ export default {
         includeStations: 1,
         includeExternalMedia: 1,
         asyncAugmentMetadata: 1,
+        asyncRefreshLocalMediaAgent: 1,
+        asyncRefreshAnalysis: 1,
         checkFiles: 1,
+        includeMarkers: 1,
       },
       signal,
     });
diff --git a/src/store/modules/slplayer/actions.js b/src/store/modules/slplayer/actions.js
index 041d3dea..7c7ca8a1 100644
--- a/src/store/modules/slplayer/actions.js
+++ b/src/store/modules/slplayer/actions.js
@@ -3,13 +3,16 @@ import CAF from 'caf';
 import guid from '@/utils/guid';
 import { fetchJson, queryFetch, makeUrl } from '@/utils/fetchutils';
 import {
-  play, pause, getDurationMs, areControlsShown, getCurrentTimeMs, isTimeInBufferedRange,
+  play, pause, getDurationMs, getCurrentTimeMs, isTimeInBufferedRange,
   isMediaElementAttached, isPlaying, isPresentationPaused, isBuffering, getVolume, isPaused,
   waitForMediaElementEvent, destroy, cancelTrickPlay, load, setPlaybackRate, getPlaybackRate,
   setCurrentTimeMs, setVolume, addEventListener, removeEventListener,
-  getSmallPlayButton, getBigPlayButton, unload,
+  getSmallPlayButton, getBigPlayButton, unload, addMediaElementEventListener,
+  removeMediaElementEventListener,
 } from '@/player';
-import { destroySubtitles, setSubtitleUrl, destroyAss } from '@/player/state';
+import {
+  destroySubtitles, setSubtitleUrl, destroyAss, areControlsShown, resizeSubtitleContainer,
+} from '@/player/state';
 import Deferred from '@/utils/deferredpromise';
 
 export default {
@@ -350,6 +353,7 @@ export default {
       dispatch('START_PERIODIC_PLEX_TIMELINE_UPDATE');
     } catch (e) {
       if (getters.GET_PLAYER_INITIALIZED_DEFERRED_PROMISE) {
+        // TODO: potentially close player
         getters.GET_PLAYER_INITIALIZED_DEFERRED_PROMISE.reject(e);
         commit('SET_PLAYER_INITIALIZED_DEFERRED_PROMISE', null);
       }
@@ -373,6 +377,7 @@ export default {
   DESTROY_PLAYER_STATE: async ({ commit, dispatch }) => {
     console.debug('DESTROY_PLAYER_STATE');
     commit('STOP_UPDATE_PLAYER_CONTROLS_SHOWN_INTERVAL');
+    commit('UPDATE_PLAYER_CONTROLS_SHOWN', false);
     await dispatch('UNREGISTER_PLAYER_EVENTS');
     await dispatch('CANCEL_PERIODIC_PLEX_TIMELINE_UPDATE');
 
@@ -462,4 +467,8 @@ export default {
 
     await dispatch('plexclients/UPDATE_ACTIVE_PLAY_QUEUE', null, { root: true });
   },
+
+  SKIP_INTRO: () => {
+    console.debug('SKIP_INTRO');
+  },
 };
diff --git a/src/store/modules/slplayer/state.js b/src/store/modules/slplayer/state.js
index cab04ec2..8484d94c 100644
--- a/src/store/modules/slplayer/state.js
+++ b/src/store/modules/slplayer/state.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ const state = () => ({
   mediaIndex: 0,
   offsetMs: 0,
   playerState: 'stopped',
-  playerControlsShown: true,
+  playerControlsShown: false,
   playerControlsShownInterval: null,
   bufferingEventListener: null,
   clickEventListener: null,
diff --git a/src/views/slplayer.vue b/src/views/slplayer.vue
index 391927b6..697f036b 100644
--- a/src/views/slplayer.vue
+++ b/src/views/slplayer.vue
@@ -25,6 +25,19 @@
           @enterpictureinpicture="HANDLE_PICTURE_IN_PICTURE_CHANGE"
           @leavepictureinpicture="HANDLE_PICTURE_IN_PICTURE_CHANGE"
         />
+
+        <v-btn
+          absolute
+          bottom
+          right
+          large
+          class="skip-intro"
+          :class="ARE_PLAYER_CONTROLS_SHOWN ? 'above-controls' : null"
+          :style="skipIntroButtonStyle"
+          @click="SKIP_INTRO"
+        >
+          Skip Intro
+        </v-btn>
       </div>
 
       <v-fade-transition
@@ -154,7 +167,7 @@
 import { mapActions, mapGetters, mapMutations } from 'vuex';
 import sizing from '@/mixins/sizing';
 import initialize from '@/player/init';
-import { resizeSubtitleContainer } from '@/player/state';
+import { resizeSubtitleContainer, getControlsOffset } from '@/player/state';
 
 import 'shaka-player/dist/controls.css';
 import 'libjass/libjass.css';
@@ -220,6 +233,14 @@ export default {
     ...mapGetters('plexservers', [
       'GET_MEDIA_IMAGE_URL',
     ]),
+
+    skipIntroButtonStyle() {
+      return this.ARE_PLAYER_CONTROLS_SHOWN
+        ? {
+          'margin-bottom': `${getControlsOffset(this.$refs?.videoPlayerContainer?.offsetHeight)}px`,
+        }
+        : {};
+    },
   },
 
   watch: {
@@ -238,6 +259,10 @@ export default {
       },
       immediate: true,
     },
+
+    ARE_PLAYER_CONTROLS_SHOWN() {
+      resizeSubtitleContainer();
+    },
   },
 
   async mounted() {
@@ -253,12 +278,12 @@ export default {
     await this.INIT_PLAYER_STATE();
 
     window.addEventListener('keyup', this.onKeyUp);
-    window.addEventListener('resize', resizeSubtitleContainer);
+    window.addEventListener('resize', this.resizeSubtitles);
   },
 
   beforeDestroy() {
     window.removeEventListener('keyup', this.onKeyUp);
-    window.removeEventListener('resize', resizeSubtitleContainer);
+    window.removeEventListener('resize', this.resizeSubtitles);
     this.DESTROY_PLAYER_STATE();
   },
 
@@ -279,6 +304,7 @@ export default {
       'DESTROY_PLAYER_STATE',
       'PLAY_PAUSE_VIDEO',
       'SEND_PARTY_PLAY_PAUSE',
+      'SKIP_INTRO',
     ]),
 
     ...mapMutations([
@@ -410,6 +436,15 @@ export default {
     margin-left: auto;
     margin-right: auto;
   }
+
+  .skip-intro {
+    transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.55, 0.06, 0.68, 0.19);
+    transition: margin 250ms;
+  }
+
+  .skip-intro.above-controls {
+    transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.22, 0.61, 0.36, 1);
+  }
 </style>
 
 <style>